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that's what paul ryan has done this year. one example, under his budget, medicaid would be slashed by 50% over the next ten years. that's at a time when many, many seniors are coming into the system and will be relying on medicaid for their skilled nursing facility payments. this is dramatic cuts that are going to hurt once again low and middle income americans. >> if we are to see tough decisions made and the president has said that, what do you believe would be the appropriate change if any to so-called entitlement programs? >> well, you know, i think people forget that under the affordable care act, we've made some significant change in entitlement programs. we've changed medicare to the point we're now experiencing the lowest growth rate and costs in medicare that we have in decades. >> the president has implied that he is prepared to maybe do a bit more. >> he has talked about changing the way we calculate cost of living increases for social security. that's something that a lot of us have problems with because again, th
that's what paul ryan has done this year. one example, under his budget, medicaid would be slashed by 50% over the next ten years. that's at a time when many, many seniors are coming into the system and will be relying on medicaid for their skilled nursing facility payments. this is dramatic cuts that are going to hurt once again low and middle income americans. >> if we are to see tough decisions made and the president has said that, what do you believe would be the appropriate change if...
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what ryan is about is saying, that we are not going to raise a nickel more in revenue. in fact, we're going to lower tax breaks for the wealthiest people in the country and we are going to make devastating cuts for working families already suffering in the midst of a recession. what we are trying to do, and i would go farther than patty murray. to say we have 14% of our people who are unemployed. if you look at unemployment in a real way. we've got to create jobs. we're putting $100 billion into rebuilding our infrastructure. create jobs. deal with youth unemployment. and second of all, it is insane to simply talk about cut, cut, cut, when you got the wealthiest people and large corporations doing phenomenally well and paying lower effective tax rates than they should. the point that you made earlier about whether we are a nation. we send kids off to iraq, lose their legs, they defend our country, and you've got large corporations not paying a nickel in taxes. that's not a nation. that's not what shared sack, sacrifice is about. >> president obama took a real hit during
what ryan is about is saying, that we are not going to raise a nickel more in revenue. in fact, we're going to lower tax breaks for the wealthiest people in the country and we are going to make devastating cuts for working families already suffering in the midst of a recession. what we are trying to do, and i would go farther than patty murray. to say we have 14% of our people who are unemployed. if you look at unemployment in a real way. we've got to create jobs. we're putting $100 billion...
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the president sitting down with paul ryan at the white house for the first time ever is progress. and there are some signs some republicans think it's really genuine. i guess there have been follow up made by the white house chief of staff following up on the president's calls and initial conversation. all of this is good. you have to keep in mind how poisoned the well has been. the president's strategy has been demonizing house republicans. that's a strategy. you can see why republicans are cautious about this. i would say cautiously optimistic but that may be a stretch too far. the other thing that is important to remember, tone comes from the top. what republicans need to see, too, is the president's deputies and senior staff reiterating this goodwill. when you have dan pfeiffer go on television, the white house communique, it doesn't reverberate this goodwill. it undermines the president's tone. you have to take it on balance. the president deserves credit for reaching out to the hill. >> it is an incredible sign of the times that any kind of outreach, having a meal with a rep
the president sitting down with paul ryan at the white house for the first time ever is progress. and there are some signs some republicans think it's really genuine. i guess there have been follow up made by the white house chief of staff following up on the president's calls and initial conversation. all of this is good. you have to keep in mind how poisoned the well has been. the president's strategy has been demonizing house republicans. that's a strategy. you can see why republicans are...
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ryan offers this preview in today's "wall street journal." "the most important question isn't how we balance the budget, it's why a budget saturday means to an end and the end isn't a neat and tiedny spreadsheet. it's the well being of all americans by giving fam stability and protecting them from tax hikes, our budget will promote a healthier economy." here's the how in ryan's budget that balances in ten years by the year 2023. he claims savings of 4.6 trillion over the next decade. but he couldn't have gotten to the balanced budget without two things that president obama did to, well, adjust the baseline, as they call it in budget jargon, tax increases part of the end of the year fiscal cliff deal and that medicare savings after cuts to providers in the president's health care plan, the affordable care act. that last fact has already infuriated liberals who remember the months ryan and mitt romney spent attacking the president on just those specific medicare cuts. >> $716 funneled out of medicare by president obama. obama care takes $716 bi
ryan offers this preview in today's "wall street journal." "the most important question isn't how we balance the budget, it's why a budget saturday means to an end and the end isn't a neat and tiedny spreadsheet. it's the well being of all americans by giving fam stability and protecting them from tax hikes, our budget will promote a healthier economy." here's the how in ryan's budget that balances in ten years by the year 2023. he claims savings of 4.6 trillion over the...
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, politico piece, you wrote that ryan mocked the budget proposals by senate democrats and that "ryan, of course, is famous for his own budget. he rolled out a fresh version again this week and this's what he focused on during his 14-minute speech at the conservative confab." one of the things that struck me about paul ryan's speech there in maryland is he didn't even say mitt romney's name once. >> it was stunning. and it really was a breach of the protocol for these kinds of things, very unusual that a vice presidential nominee wouldn't mention his running mate or even mention the 2012 campaign. he pretended as if it never happened. notably, mitt romney in his speech, a few hours later, said republicans should look to governors for the future of the party. he kind of had a throw away line about paul ryan. but he didn't really talk about his running mate or present paul ryan in anyway as the savior of the republican party. so a pretty striking moment here. and the crowd really didn't go wild for paul recent way they did for rand paul or marco rubio. his star seems to be on the decline
, politico piece, you wrote that ryan mocked the budget proposals by senate democrats and that "ryan, of course, is famous for his own budget. he rolled out a fresh version again this week and this's what he focused on during his 14-minute speech at the conservative confab." one of the things that struck me about paul ryan's speech there in maryland is he didn't even say mitt romney's name once. >> it was stunning. and it really was a breach of the protocol for these kinds of...